Category Archives: Family Time

It has been a long time since I gave any of my children a birthday party. For the past few years it has been really difficult to find a time when I can give my girls parties, as their birthdays fall in the middle of the Calisthenics comp season. But this year, I have one less… Read More

The New Kitchen! I was chatting with a friend last night and realised that I had not yet shown the final results of our kitchen makeover. Well, almost final. I still have to work out what I want for te window coverings. And I really should do this before it gets too hot! What do… Read More

To Christmas that is… Last year, my sister in law asked us to host the 2012 family Christmas party. Saying yes, I immediately knew that I had a lot of work ahead of me – the house was cluttered and untidy, and I knew that I had to get myself in to some sort of… Read More

Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers out there. Today, as I celebrate Father’s Day with my husband and father, I am thinking of another father. An invalid. One who, despite being financially in a bad place, fought to get his son out of a bad situation. His son is a lovely… Read More

I have tried Flylady, I have tried the Change Your Life Challenge and Extreme Home Makeover (both of which are excellent programmes). But I always fall off the wagon. I struggle with maintaining a clean and tidy home. And it drives me crazy. Particularly when you look beneath the dust, beneath the clutter on the… Read More

We’ve had Stanley now for over a year. He is the most beautiful, well mannered, smart dog you can imagine. He was given to us when his owner returned to her home country and did not want to put him through the trauma of a 24 hour flight and quarantine. After the first week, when… Read More

Yesterday we had the last of the calisthenics comps for this year over in Gladstone Park. For whatever reason, the girls were a little down, and it took a while to get them revved up. It did not help that one of our girls had gone away for the holidays and still wasn’t back,… Read More

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Hi. Thank you for stopping by my blog. My name is Bette. I am an embroiderer, cross stitcher, quilter, teacher and aspiring textile artist. I also own The Needlework Boutique, an online cross stitch store. Here I share my journey through the world of needlework, and more recently, my journey as a high school textiles teacher.